Saint Alberic
Saint Alberic was one of the three founding pillars of the Cistercian Order in the 11th century. Succeeding Saint Robert…
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Saint Ambrose Autpert
A French monk who became abbot of San Vincenzo al Volturno in Italy in the 8th century, Ambrose Autpert distinguished hi…
Saint Anastasius of Sinai
A monk and priest at Mount Sinai in the 7th century, Anastasius was a staunch defender of orthodoxy against Monophysite …
Saint Auxentius (Abbot)
Originally from Syria and a former imperial guard in Constantinople, Auxentius retired to Bithynia to lead a life as a m…
Saint Benedict Biscop
An English nobleman who became a monk at Lérins, Benedict Biscop founded the abbeys of Wearmouth and Jarrow in the 7th c…
Blessed Bernard the Penitent
Originally from Provence, Bernard received a rigorous public penance in 1170 for mysterious crimes, possibly the murder …
Saint Dominic Loricatus
An 11th-century Italian religious, Dominic renounced the priesthood out of horror for the simony committed by his parent…
Saint Enimie (Enémie)
Daughter of King Clotaire II, Énimie was struck by leprosy to preserve her virginity against an arranged marriage. Mirac…
Saint Eustace (Eustathius)
A Roman general named Placidus under Trajan, he converted after seeing Christ between the antlers of a stag while huntin…
Saint Euthymius of Opso (the Thessalonian)
Originally from the East, Euthymius left his family at 18 to embrace the ascetic life on Mount Olympus and later Mount A…
Saint Fulgentius
Saint Fulgentius is a 6th-century Doctor of the Church, celebrated for his theological writings defending orthodoxy agai…
Saint Gall of Ireland
An Irish monk and disciple of Saint Columbanus, Gall participated in the evangelization of Gaul and Switzerland in the 7…
Saint Gregory of Amnice
Bishop of Amnice in Armenia in the 4th century, Gregory fled persecutions to undertake long pilgrimages to the Indies, J…
Saint James of Sasseau
A former Greek soldier who became a priest, Saint Jacques de Sasseau settled as a hermit in Berry in the 9th century aft…
Saint Lambert of Chézery
Born in Dauphiné, Saint Lambert entered the Abbey of Bonnevaux before following his brother Peter to Tamié. In 1140, he …
Saint Macarius the Egyptian (the Elder)
Born in Upper Egypt around 301, Macarius the Elder was one of the most illustrious disciples of Saint Anthony. After end…
Saint Marcellus of Apamea
Born into an illustrious family of Apamea, Marcellus renounced his fortune to dedicate himself to prayer and study in An…
Saint Marius, Abbot of Val-Benois
Originally from Orléans, Saint Maire became abbot of the monastery of Val-Benois in the diocese of Sisteron during the r…
Saint Mary of Egypt
A former sinner from Alexandria, Mary converted in Jerusalem before an icon of the Virgin. She lived for forty-seven yea…
Saint Phocas the Gardener
A gardener in Sinope, Phocas hospitably welcomed the soldiers who came to put him to death, digging his own grave during…
Saints Maura and Brigid
Twin sisters and princesses of Scotland in the 5th century, Maura and Brigid fled their country with their brother Hyspa…
Saint Simeon Salus (the Fool)
Originally from Edessa, Simeon lived for twenty-nine years as a hermit near the Dead Sea before traveling to Emesa to si…
Saint Stephen (First Martyr)
The first martyr of Christianity, Saint Stephen saw his body miraculously discovered in 415 by the priest Lucian followi…
Blessed William of Brabant
Born in Brabant, William initially led a life of wandering before responding to an angelic vision calling him to penance…